Battery and switch casing.



E. A. HAWTHORNE.

' BATTERY AND SWITCH CASING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9. I913.

Llm fifila Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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a7 O 0/ E0 E. A. HAWTHORNE.

BATTERYKAND SWITCH CASING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9, I913.

1,17%,5? 1., Patented MM. 7,1916.

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impress @FFEQE BATTERY AND SWITCH CASING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Marat, 1916.,

Application filed August 9, 1913. Serial No. 783,858.

To all whom it may concern T it known that I, ELnswouTH A. Hawruornc, a. CllllZQll of the United States, and a resident oi Bridgepmt, county of Fa rfield. and State of Connecticut, have m; vented an Improvement in Battery. and Switch Casings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompar nying drawings, is a specification, l ke characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention re tee to battery and switch casings, and -1uore especially to a omnbined battery, switch, and casing constituting housing therefor, the apparatus forming a unitary structure for the supply of current to the lamps. horn. or t oer trical devices of a vehicle, such for one as a motor cycle, curb the device is intended to afford protection for the internal parts from external influences, such as dust and water, as well from tampering by unau- "ized persons.

y in entimi will be best understood by reicrence to the following specification, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings of one illustrative embodiment thereof", while its scope will be more particularly. pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a vertical sectional. View of a portion of a battery, swi ch mechanism, and easing therefor, embodying my invention; Fig. 2- is a plan section of the some on line 2-2 of l, and Fi t 3 1s a vertical section partly in elevation on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, and to the embodiment of my invention which l have selected for illustration, 1 have there shown an electrical. apparatus, which may have other uses, but is particularly intended to be used in connection with a motor cycle, and when so used is intended to be ap propriately mounted upon the steering structure forward of the handle bar, directly in front of the rider, at which point the control of the apparatus is centralized.

la the illustrative embodiment shown, l is a battery which may be or any other ap propriate type, but as herein shown is a familiar form oi storage battery having terminals 5 and 6. The battery is herein mounted in a casing designated generally by the numeral '2', comprising upper and lower sections 8 9, respectively, which pref:

erably abut between the top and bottom or the battery, with their abutting surfaces preferably inter engaging with each other to exclude 'dirt and moisture, the upper section being herein provided for this purpose with a groove, or recess 10, which receives a flange or tongue 11 on the lower SBCtlOIl'.

The upper section 8 is herein provided with laterally projecting lugs l212, and the lower section is provided with similar lugs 13-l3, the latter resting upon a support herein in the form of a plate 14 having an aperture 15 to receive the body of the section 9. To this support, the lugs 1313 are secured by bolts 16-1G, extending through the lugs 13, as well as the support 14:, and provided with nuts 17-17 above the lugs, and nuts 1818 below the support.

As a means for securing the upper and lower sections of the casing to each other, the bolts 16 are extended upwardly through the lugs 12, and are provided above the latter with nuts 19-19, which serve to draw the two parts of the casing toward each other, and insure a tight fit between their abutting surfaces. By simply removing the nuts 19, the upper section of the casing may be removed, to afford access to its interior, without disturbing the attachment of the lower section to this support. The upper section is herein provided with a chamber 20 above the battery, and as a means for preventing the latter from rising in its easing, owing to road shocks, the upper section is provided with an inwardly projecting shoulder 21, engaging the upper edge of the battery and effectually holding the same immovable The chamber 20 provides a housing for a switch mechanism designated generally by the numeral 22, for the control of the circuit or circuits leading from the battery. This switch mechanism, which may be of any appropriate character, is mounted in fixed position on the inner face of a fixed wall 23, bounding one side of the chamber 20, the

"latter being wholly closed and accessible.

only by the removal of the upper section of the casing from the lower. By this means, the entire switch mechanism and its connections with the battery are protected from the entrance of dust and moisture, 'as well as being protected from tampering by unauthorized persons.

be of any other smt The switch 2-2 may ablecharacter, but herem comprises a switch is intended to control.

plate 2i secured to a, snafi; cxtcnciing through an insulating; pinto and through the fixed wall 533 to the exterior of one ass ing, where if; is provided with a suitable hnndlc, pref rahly in the form of :1. iiicy In order to prevent unauthorized persons from tampsiring with the s. ch, have hsi'ein providicd a has hinged at 29 to the casing bciow the switch, and. provided with slot 81 which receives the sw tch key 2"? Tho latter is hs'ein provided ii an eye 82, i0 receive the pivo boif; 33 of a padlock 34- when the ridcr Wishes i operate the switch, he simply removes the padlock, and swings the hssp on its hinge iearwcrdiy and downmirdiy out of its in gagemen'i with the switch key, that the latter may be grasped and inturncd. Though. bias switc" is Uhus unlcmkcci to pen mit its operation, however, the switch mechanism itself nnii its wiring are protected from tampering by mischievous persons, and can be reached only dismountingthe cniii-c apparatus. The switch is herein provided wiih two stationary contacts 35 and 36, and a contact plate 87, the iattcr being connecfied by a Wire 38 toifihc terminal 6 of the battery, While the contacts 35 and 36 may bc COXlIlGCiIOFi. by appropriate Wiring to the lamps or other cievices which the switch specific construction of the switch and: connection with the lamps 01 other devices form no part of my present invention, form the subject matter of a separate. appiication, and it will he. iinneccsssr to ful'i/ilfil' describe, ins some herein, except to say that tho switch is intsndcd to he turned :iboniz its axis from one position to another to com plate the circuit, or circuits from the batsry to the light; or lights of the apparnfius.

While 1 have herein shown and described one specific embodiment of my invention for .1, b V cation the '01. i is to bc understood ihai;

the wens) is invited neithcr to the mom dots s or iti'c :irrm feiucnia 01 p2 nor .,o is Spficliiifi snibodim n; herein shown,

from the off $1.1 3 in. dopiuting but mm extensive dwimions iiiustrsicd form of embodiment vcntion I be mimic, witiioui; ff-5613') the principics thereof,

Having thus dcscrihsd onccmbodim my invention, What I claim and is Letici's Patent to procure v 1. in an. appsiatus of $116 cisss cii-cscribeii, the combination, of a casing comprising upper and lower sections having abuziing poi"- tions and provided with pairs of later-1737 amending lugs, a. support. on which one s t of said lugs mounted, bcifss scouring sili) lashmcnilionsd lugs i0 saici support and tending through the oiher lugs, and 11' having threaded engagement with said holic-s to secure said sections together.

2. In apparatus of'thc class described, the combination, of a comprising up per and lower sections having abutting poi.- tions and. plrovicicci with pairs of inimniiv extending lugs, a support on which one, i? of id lugs is mountcd, bolt-s cxtcn o; through the inst-mentioned lugs and 

